Top Comedy Movies


The Top Comedy Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Comedy List". Lists are calculated daily.

101. National Lampoon's Vacation

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Anthony Michael Hall
Plot: The all-American Griswold family prepares for their annual summer vacation, this time to Wally World.

102. Friday

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: F. Gary Gray
Actors: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
Plot: Follows the hilarious events of a typical Friday of two friends.

103. Knives Out

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig, Katherine Langford
Plot: When the head of a family turn up dead, detective Benoit Blanc finds himself on the case - and in the middle of a feuding eccentric, combative family.

104. The Truman Show

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Natascha McElhone
Plot: An insurance salesman discovers that his entire life has been a television show.

105. Eighth Grade

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bo Burnham
Actors: Josh Hamilton, Elsie Fisher, Emily Robinson, Missy Yager
Plot: Kayla has lived through nearly a year of a disastrous eighth grade year. As we follow her through her last week in middle school before summer, we live her life in all its painful glory.

106. The Jerk

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Carl Reiner
Actors: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King
Plot: A rags to riches back to rags story of the clueless, innocent Navin Johnson.

107. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen
Plot: Gilbert Grape lives in Endora, a place where nothing much happens. The only times the police got something to do is when Gilbert's autistic brother Arnie tries to climb up on the watertower nearby. Taking care of Arnie is mostly Gilbert's task which can be pretty demanding, at least while you are working at the local grocery store. Then one day Becky and her grandmother passes through Endora getting trouble with the car. Gilbert falls in love with Becky, but gets problems when he tries to find time for his own private life

108. Breakfast at Tiffany's

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Plot: When a struggling writer moves into a New York apartment building, he becomes captivated by Holly Golightly. Her public persona as a sophisticated socialite is belied by her private life as a vulnerable woman.

109. Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Taika Waititi
Actors: Julian Dennison, Rachel House, Rima Te Wiata, Rhys Darby
Plot: A rebellion boy and his foster uncle go missing in the New Zealand wilds, resulting in a national manhunt for the pair.

110. Best in Show

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher Guest
Actors: Parker Posey, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Jay Brazeau
Plot: Christopher Guest's hilarious mockumentary follows several dog owners as they prepare for, and compete in, the Mayflower Dog Show.

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